| For awhile, circumstances have existed where the application of the First Time Buyer Tax Credit is unclear. For example, what about when a couple buy a home and one is a first time buyer and the... | |
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| Here’s an informative video on this topic. Watch the Chief Economist of NAHB answer frequently asked questions about both the First Time and the Repeat Buyer tax credits. | |
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| One piece of the Worker Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009 just signed into law last week by President Obama, was the expansion of the First Time Buyer Tax Credit to include move up... | |
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| Mortgage rates should improve a bit this morning on news that October job losses of 190,000 were higher than analysts expected. Unemployment topped 10% for the first time in a long time. The... | |
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| Voluntary or “strategic” mortgage defaults are challenging governmental efforts to resolve the real estate crisis. But what are strategic defaults?
“Strategic defaulters often go... | |
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| It looks like this is gathering momentum…Senate May Approve Tax Credit Wednesday
The U.S. House and Senate are close to an agreement to extend the home buyer tax credit due to expire at the... | |
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| Are you waiting for lower mortgage rates? Don’t be silly.
Mortgage rates have started to creep slowly northward these past couple of weeks. The normal volatility associated with stock trading... | |
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| For those of you who thought you may have missed out, momentum appears to be building to extend the $8k tax credit.
There are two things that have made this extremely appealing to buyers. First, it... | |
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| The Buyer’s Choice Act (AB 957/Gagliani) was signed into law by Governor Schwarzenegger on the 12th of this month. Thanks to the efforts of California Assemblymember Cathleen Calgiani... | |
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| As wave after wave of empty loan modification promises and false homeowner rescue plans wash over us like the hot breath of a Southern Baptist preacher, precious little help arrives from on high. ... | |
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